Mr. Fixit

A gritty creature of the Copper Age, Mr. Fixit stepped onto the Marvel stage in 1988 courtesy of the legendary pairing of Chris Claremont and John Buscema — a debut pedigree that alone makes any issue worth hunting down. With a handful of appearances spread across Marvel Comics Presents, Fantastic Four, and Web of Spider-Man, this is a character whose footprint is compact but whose company is anything but: sharing pages with Bruce Banner, Wolverine, and Tyger Tiger puts Mr. Fixit right in the thick of some of Marvel's most compelling late-'80s storytelling. A niche find for the dedicated collector, Mr. Fixit is the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds you why flipping through back issues is always worth it.